Fly swatter



m. 2, 1928. W. H. A. EMANUEL FLY SWATTER Filed Oct. 14, 1926 Attorney Patented Oct. 2, 1928.

UNITED STATES WALTER. H. A. EMANUEL, or FAIRGHILD, Wisconsin.

FLY SWATTER.

Application filed October 14, 1926. Serial No. 141,582. r

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fly swatters, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character wherein the handle portion thereof is readily extensible so that flies or other insects at high inaccessable points may be reached by merely extending the handle.

A further object is to provide a swatter of this character that is extremely simple of construction, inexpensive of manufacture, and highly novel and useful for the purposes intended.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with :the accompanying drawing.

In the accompanying drawingforming a part of this application and in which like tion 7 of the handle.

, 7 for causing the rod 66 to be forced apart numerals indicate like parts: 7

Figure 1 is a view partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section of a fly swatter constructed in accordance with the present invention, and I Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary elevation of the extensible handle at the union between the sections of the handle.

Now having particular reference to the drawing, 5 designates a fly swatter head of conventional design, the inner edge of which is provided with a pair of relatively elongated slightly spaced rods 6-6 that afford the shank portion of the handle for the swatter. Theother section of the handle designated by the reference character 7 is in the form of a relatively elongated metallic tube having arranged upon its outer end a suit able hand engaging head 8.

As clearly disclosed in both Figures 1 and 2, I arrange a ring 9 over one of the rods 6.

after which the ends of the rods outwardly of the ring are inserted within the tubular sec- The shank and tubular portions are then adjusted with respect to each other so that the desired length of the handle may be secured after which the ring 9 is moved toward the adjacent end of the tube directly at the end of the tube 7 which will of course wedge-said rodsat this point within the tube for preventing the movement ofthe sections with respect to each other.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a I highly novel, simple and efficient form of fly vswatter wherein the handle is of such a construction as to permit of the ready extension of the same, and even though I have herein shown and described the invention as consisting of certain detailed structural elements it is nevertheless to be understood that some changes may be made therein without affecting the spirit and scope of the appended claims. r

Having thus described the invention, what I I I claim as new and desire'to secure by Letters Patent is I i 1. In a fly swatter of the class "described, a

, sWatter'head, a pair'ofparallel spaced elongated rods extending longitudinally from the inner edge of the swatter head, a'tubular handle slidably receiving the free ends of said rods, and a ring slidable on one of said rods, said ring wedging' the free end portions of the rods in the tubular handle when disposed in one positionpsaid ring further permitting said rods to be moved outwardly of the tubular handle when disposed in another position. v v

I 2. In a fly swatter of the class described, a swatter head, a pair of parallel spaced relatively elongated rods extending longitudinally from the inner edge of the swatter head, a relatively elongated tube within which the free endsof the rods are adapted. for disposition, a. separating member carried by only I one of the rods and slidable therealong for expanding the rodsat a point directlyv adj acent the inner end of the tube when said separatlng member is disposed 1n one position, the separating member further permit ting the rods to be moved outwardly ofthc tube when said separating'member isdisposed in another position remote from the inner end of the tube.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WALTER n; A. EMANUEL. 

